Eocene primates from Thailand: Are Asian anthropoideans related to African ones?

Evolutionary Anthropology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 97-104

  Ducrocq, Stéphane ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALOCASIA MACRORRHIZOS; ANTHROPOIDEA; CERCOPITHECIDAE; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; SIMIA;

EID: 0032216901     PISSN: 10601538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6505(1998)7:3<97::AID-EVAN4>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Review

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